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simon armitage
manhunt
manhunt
simon armitage
simon armitage c
english poet
looks at how war affects ex soldiers
written in Lauras pov
sonnet 43
elizabeth barret browning
elizabeth barett browning
sonnet 43
elizabeth barett browning c
wrote it for robert barett browning
over protective father - she was sick when she was younger
eloped with robert
london
wiliam blake
william blake
london
william blake c
political revolutionist influenced by french revolution disagreed with violence part of his ongs of innocence and experience london was only experience
rupert brooke
the soldier
the soldier
rupert brooke
rupert brooke c
1914 - when ww1 broke out
died in 1915 while in navy
personal experiences
she walks in beauty
lord byron
lord byron
she walks in beauty
lord byron c
romantic era
scandolous affairs with both men and women - forced to leave uk
living space
imtiaz dharker
imtiaz dharker
living space
imtiaz dharker c
raised in glasgow, born in pakistan
lives in mumbai and london
as impercepyibly as grief
emily dickinson
emily dickinson
as imperceptibly as grief
emily dickinson c
introvert - observer
second cousin died when she was 14 - affected her a lot
cozy apologia
rita dove
rita dove
cozy apologia
rita dove c
written for fred
about hurricane katrina
carol anne duffy c
both relationships with men and women - experienced in how love is on both sides
carol anne duffy
valentine
valentine
carol anne duffy
thomas hardy
wife in london
wife in london
thomas hardy
thomas hardy c
written during boer war
he was agaisnt war
often presents war as pointless and destructive
doan
seamus heany
seamus heaney
doan
seamus heaney c
irish poet
fathers fam - famrers
mothers fam - linen mills
to autumn
john keats
john keats
to autumn
john keats c
romantic
brother died in 1819 - tubercolosis
trained as surgeon but gave up
left his love of life
afternoons
philip larkin
philip larkin
afternoons
philip larkin c
restricte life - didnt mrry, librarian
disliked fame
dulce
wilfred own
wilfred owen
dulce
wilfred own c
eng poet amd soldier
killed in action 1 week before armistace signing
mametz wood
owen sheers
owen sheers
mametz wood
owen sheers c
saw a grave of allied soldiers
wants to honour sacrifuce and them
prelude
william wordsworth
william wordsworth
prelude
william wordsworth c
explores his childhood thoughts and the ways in which he has changed and grown over time